Tokyo Chofu Residential Area Road Collapse East Nippon Expressway President Xie Xie October 28, 17:10
This month, due to a road collapse in a residential area in Chofu City, Tokyo, the president of East Nippon Expressway said at a press conference, "In the event of an outbreak, we voluntarily called on local residents to evacuate and decided to close the road. We apologize for the inconvenience. "
On the 18th of this month, the road collapsed in a residential area in Chofu City, Tokyo, and the East Nippon Expressway, which is constructing the "Tokyo Outer Ring Road" deeper than 40 meters underground, has no known relationship with the construction. However, I have stopped working and started investigating the cause.
On the 28th, a regular press conference was held on the East Nippon Expressway, in which President Toru Obata said, "It is true that construction was being carried out underground, and in the event of a collapse, we will proactively call on local residents to evacuate. We have decided to close the road. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to the people concerned. "
Regarding the decision to resume construction, "We cannot predict what kind of opinion will be given after the survey, but after asking the judgment of experts and giving sufficient explanations to the local residents, we did a series of things. I hope I can make a decision, "he said, giving priority to the investigation.